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Chris Wright: “It grew dramatically during the Biden administration, and we…”

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Mark Kelly Grills Chris Wright On 'Fundamental Error' In Staffing Reductions At Energy Department

Published | Video Starts at 02:35

First of all, the net result. We've reduced the headcount at the Department of Energy to about where it was at the beginning of the Biden administration. It grew dramatically during the Biden administration, and we shrunk it back down roughly to the size it was at the beginning of the Biden administration. And almost all of that, way over 95%, all of that was voluntary. We offered severance packages to people that wanted to take them and didn't. (02:35–02:44)

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Asserts that the Department of Energy's headcount grew significantly during the Biden administration.

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